Just kidding but isn’t this the cutest sweater that our cousin Jen gave Henry.
September 23, 2009
“Bambi Go Away!”
After a long day running errands, I came home to a family of deer eating at all the pretty flowers that Kurt has planted. I sat in the car looking at them for a while thinking they would get scared and leave but they just kept eating the hostas. I started honking the horn and then they just moved to the other side of the yard and worked on the impatiens. Kurt heard my honking and came out to see what the commotion was and starting yelling at the deer “C’mon guys, I have a baptism this weekend. Eat someone else’s garden!!”
September 23, 2009
2 month update – Part II
Here’s a comment that Grandma Beal sent Henry about his 2 month checkup:
Hey Henry,
I checked your daddy’s baby book and when he was 2 months old he was almost the same size as you!!! You are 24 1/2 inches tall and he was 24 1/4 inches!!! Your are just a little taller than your daddy!!! You are 13 lbs. 6 oz. and he was 13 lbs. 11 oz.!!!! He weighed just a little more than you…that’s probably because when your daddy was a baby, grandma gave him rice cereal when he was 1 1/2 weeks old! And guess what else…his Christening Day was September 25, 1977 … your Christening Day is September 26, 2009 ~ the same exact weekend ~ 32 years ago!
September 22, 2009
New Mommies Group
Every Tuesday I attend a New Mommy Group through Fairview Hospital and then go out to lunch with a few of the women. The group is for first time moms in the area to ask questions, talk about any concerns we have, share big milestones and just socialize with each other. The past couple months I’ve made some great new friends and have gotten to know some women I already knew a lot better like Traci Collins & her son Ryan and Amanda Lamb & her daughter Abigail. Today Henry was especially interested in one older little lady, Lila (she is about 13 weeks). Maybe it was because Lila wore one of her prettiest dresses to group. Lila’s mom and I laughed a lot listening to Henry whisper sweet nothings into her ear and afterwards chaperoned the two little lovebirds on their first lunch date together.
September 21, 2009
Congratulations Baby Hank!
This past weekend we headed to the east side to attend the baptism of Jon & Lynette Ruple’s son. His name is William Henry Ruple but everyone calls him Hank. Hank is only 8 days younger than our Henry and we hope they will be great friends one day just like their dads are. Baby Hank did a great job and we were very happy to be part of his special day with him. Congratulations also to the Godparents, Steve & Grace Nowak. This was their first time becoming Godparents. We had a great afternoon with the Ruple family and look forward to seeing them again this coming weekend at our Baby Henry’s baptism!!
September 21, 2009
Henry is 2 months old
Henry survived his 2-month checkup and the 4 shots he received. He did pretty well, cried for just a couple minutes and seemed to be okay after some hugs from mom and dad. The pediatrician was just amazed by his hair and said red is definitely his color. Everything checked out great including the peanut-size bump he’s had on his head since birth. We are very relieved that it is finally getting smaller and the doctor isn’t concerned with it. He even decided to show off a little and rolled over both ways for the first time! I was very happy Kurt was there to see it too, we just watched in amazement and felt like such proud parents. Size-wise it is apparent that the kid is getting enough of mommy’s milkshakes. He weighed in at 13 lbs, 6 oz (80%) and is 24 1/2 inches long. That puts him in the 93%!! He’s definitely got the Beal body. All his measurements are on Baby Beal World.
September 19, 2009
Kurt meets a Food Network chef
Kurt spent most of last week in sunny San Diego for a work conference. One night he was at a karaoke bar and ran into Anne Burrell from the Food Network. Anne has her own show called Secrets of a Restaurant Chef. I don’t watch it much but I have seen her on one of my favorite new shows “The Best Thing I Ever Ate”. Kurt even asked her for a picture and told her all about “The Beal World”.
September 18, 2009
Henry the Talking Gnome
Everybody knows how much I love Gnomes. Thanks Aunt Sue & Jen for finding this hilarious gift!
Wow I had no idea that Henry the Talking Gnome was so popular on YouTube.
September 17, 2009
Asher comes to town
This past weekend Asher came to Cleveland for his first visit away from his mom & dad. Katy headed up north to Canada for a girl’s weekend so Grandma Beal was babysitter for the weekend. Henry had a lot of fun playing with his crazy cousin. Asher has grown up to be such a cute, happy baby and he squealed every time he saw his buddy Henry. One day Asher got a little sick on himself on his way to our house so he had to borrow one of Henry’s 12 month outfits and the best one we could find was a Kansas Jayhawks sweatsuit. We think he looked great, Rock Chalk!!
